as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot
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Recent Examples of woozy
Few rappers kicked off the 2010s with more buzz than A$AP Rocky, who along with his A$AP Mob collective swept through New York and eventually the whole country with his easy swagger, woozy beats and electric rhymes.
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Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
The wistfulness with which the movie treats her is the wooziest thing of all.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
The wistfulness with which the movie treats her is the wooziest thing of all.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Despite the political specificity of the family history unearthed here, the script presumes a level of profundity that’s just not there in the movie’s ponderous silences and woozy montages.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woozy
Adjective
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Then came illness on a boiling-hot day, which left him dizzy and depleted of energy.
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During the day's exploring, employ the buddy system and look out for signs of heat illness like feeling dizzy, experiencing nausea or muscle cramps and sweating with cool and clammy skin.
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And then there are the uptempo perennials that made Highland, California the giddiest place on earth.
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Alpha Camp − Nikki Hru, Maddy Jones, Leiya Pillitteri − had seemed giddy with confidence before the flaming arrow competition.
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The magnetar was initially surrounded by a whirling disk of matter, funneling from its inner edge onto the stellar remnant.
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“Woozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woozy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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